Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Beach-volleyball-picto.png
Beach volleyball pictogram for the games
Venue Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre
DatesJuly 13–21
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors64 from 19 nations
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Beach volleyball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 13 to 21 at a temporary facility in Exhibition Place called the Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre. [1] [2] A total of two beach volleyball tournaments were held: one each for the men and women. [3]

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Competition schedule

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The Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre, was the venue for the beach volleyball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the beach volleyball competitions: [4]

PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsCClassification matchesB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21
Men PPPPP¼½CBF
Women PPPPP¼½CBF

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1001
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1001
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0112
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0112
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Rodolfo Ontiveros
Juan Virgen
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Vitor Araujo
Álvaro Morais Filho
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Nivaldo Diaz
Sergio González
Women's tournament
details
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Ana Gallay
Georgina Klug
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Lianma Flores
Leila Martinez
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Carolina Horta
Liliane Maestrini

Qualification

A total of sixteen teams per gender qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Canada) qualified in each event automatically, along with the top five ranked nations in South America and the top ten nations ranked in North, Central America and the Caribbean. The rankings on January 1, 2015 were used to determine the teams. [5]

Participating nations

A total of 19 nations qualified athletes. [6] The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants entered.

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre</span>

The Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre was a temporary beach volleyball facility built at Exhibition Place for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The venue hosted the beach volleyball competitions at the games from July 13–21. A total of 3,000 metric tonnes of sand was used to build the temporary courts.

References

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  2. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. "Beach Volleyball". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. "Volleyball Canada Internal Nomination Procedures (INP) for Beach Volleyball at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games" (PDF). www.volleyball.ca/. Volleyball Canada . Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. "Beach Volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games". www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.